Sungai Pinang is a mangrove river that still has many traditional wooden houses built along its banks. As evident by this photo, you can still use your boat to get home
Kg Sg Pinang is a Chinese Fishing Community on the upper river and the Malay Fishing Community on the lower river. The main livelihood is from offshore and prawn fishing
A small passage passable by a car is the main way to reach the houses along the upper river
Traditional wooden shophouses adorn the sides of the main street junction
This is the Malay Fishing Community part of Kg Sg Pinang with the Penang National Park Office in the background
Opposite the second entrance to the Penang National Park Office in Kg Sungai Pinang, Balik Pulau, is a shop that sells super cucuk udang
The cucuk udang has very fresh deep fried tau foo, boiled potatos, slices of cucumber and of course, the cucuk udang pancake. The peanut sauce tops it all!
This is the facade of the shop. Can't remember if it has a sign board, that makes it all the more fun to find it
This is the entrance of the Penang National Park located at Teluk Bahang. Visitors need to register themselves and obtain their entry permits here before they could enter the park. Entry is free of charge
The park was known as the Pantai Acheh Forest Reserve since 1928 and was re-gazetted as a National Park on 10th April 2003. However, it was not only until 2008 when this building became operational. This entrance lead visitors to the Lowland and Highland Dipterocarp
The Penang National Park has a second entrance located at Kg Sungai Pinang. This part of the National Park offers mangrove forest, wildlife observation and boating
This is our ExploraQuest Counter at Mahkota Hotel Lobby
The colourful Kebayas from Toko Ce'Ros and the giant traditional wooden clog are the main attractions
The red kebaya is the traditional Nyonya Kebaya while the orange and pink kebayas are called Modern Kebayas 
The other great attractions on display are the ancient 16th century locks from China and India
The still playable antique gramophone and antique iron form another set of attractions
Where once an old wooden jetty stood that couldn't withstand the might of the 2004 tsunami, now lies a narrow and long but stronger one
Serving larger ocean going traditional wooden-made fishing boats
That are still able to sustain catches for local consumption
Seeing these men work, one needs to be reminded of the contribution of these great seafaring profession that is still standing the test of weather and time
Wanna try ferrying baskets full of fish on a tri-motorcycle along the narrow jetty?
At one glance it may look like a toy shop but this is a 150 years old heritage that produces the tau sar pieh
It could also have been mistaken as a shop that sells wooden flooring materials
But no..Chee Hiang sells edible "pearls of the orient" which the local dialect calls tau sar pieh.